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Double Helix

(Booklist Editor's Choice. Books for Youth (Awards))

By Nancy Werlin

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| Hardcover | 9780803726062

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Eli has lucked into a job at Wyatt Transgenics—offered to him by Dr. Wyatt, the famed scientist. The salary is substantial, the work is interesting, and Dr. Wyatt seems to be paying special attention to Eli. It's almost too good to be true. Is there a catch?

Eli's father is vehemently againContinue

Eli has lucked into a job at Wyatt Transgenics—offered to him by Dr. Wyatt, the famed scientist. The salary is substantial, the work is interesting, and Dr. Wyatt seems to be paying special attention to Eli. It's almost too good to be true. Is there a catch?

Eli's father is vehemently against his taking the job, but won't explain why. Eli knows that there's some connection between Dr. Wyatt and his parents—something too painful for his father to discuss. Something to do with his mother, who is now debilitated by Huntington's disease. As he continues to work at the lab, and to spend time with Dr. Wyatt, he begins to uncover some disconcerting truths about himself—about his very makeup.

Rich and suspenseful, with a hair-raising conclusion, this is Nancy Werlin's most dynamic novel yet—one that explores the ethics and amazements of genetic engineering.

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  • DOUBLE HELIX

    Whiskey and email make a bad combination, discovers Eli Samuels, as he somehow, some way finds himself interviewing for a job with the company run by world-famous geneticist Quincy Wyatt. With no plans to go to college in the fall, Eli figures that h ... (read full critics)

    teenreads published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

  • DOUBLE HELIX

    Whiskey and email make a bad combination, discovers Eli Samuels, as he somehow, some way finds himself interviewing for a job with the company run by world-famous geneticist Quincy Wyatt. With no plans to go to college in the fall, Eli figures that h ... (read full critics)

    teenreads published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

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  • This was great. I think it would be a good book for discussion. It raises a lot of questions about bioethics. Initially it reminded me of The House of the Scorpion, but completely diferent.Quotesp. 76 Eli talking about his mom I wished she were dead. I wished she were no longer suffering. I didn't k ... (continue)

    This was great. I think it would be a good book for discussion. It raises a lot of questions about bioethics. Initially it reminded me of The House of the Scorpion, but completely diferent.Quotesp. 76 Eli talking about his mom I wished she were dead. I wished she were no longer suffering. I didn't know if I wished this for her sake, or my father's or my own.p248 [Eli talking about his future studies]It[CAG (Huntington's Disease DNA markers)]is one of the areas I am determined to study myself. That at least is in my control. So much is not.

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 244 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0803726066
  • ISBN-13: 9780803726062
  • Publisher: Dial
  • Pub date: Mar 30, 2004
  • Dimensions: 1419 mm x 903 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback, Audio Cassette and Others
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